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Founder and Chairman, Paul Smith Group Holdings Ltd

Paul Smith | Spring/Summer 2026 Milan Salon Show

📅 Jun 23, 2025 Paul Smith 10 MIN 32481 VIEWS 1 SEGMENTS · 1 SPEAKERS
Paul Smith, Spring/Summer ’26 Show Presented in Milan, the Paul Smith SS26 collection takes inspiration from Paul’s lifelong love of travel. A rich palette of sun-faded tones, hand-made collages, and vintage-inspired tailoring tell the story of a curious collector and seasoned explorer. Read more: https://shorturl.at/sAKpu #PaulSmith #SS26 #MFW
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Okay, let's go. Hello everybody. It's so nice to be here in Milan in my showroom. The idea is to have a salon style show, which is very reminiscent of some of the shows I did in my early career in the late '70s in relatively small locations and very intimate. What I especially like about it is the fact that you're close to the clothes, you are closer to the models, you can see the details more. And obviously, it's in the home of Paul Smith in Milan. The collection is very much about... I'm very privileged to be able to travel around the world a lot, and one of my passions has always been street markets. The discovery of interesting things... and I love the eclectic mix. Heat, hey, hey, hey. I mean, street markets to me are interesting for many reasons because often you see something very beautiful next to something that is very everyday. Down. A contradiction of putting things together in an unusual way. Penguin's wall. Pattern with pattern. Texture with texture. Rough with smooth. You don't want, of course, the fabrics are very much about summer. So, your linens, lightweight cotton, cotton suiting print, using some photography from some of the places I've visited or embroidery, which is often what you'd find on a little scarf or something at a street market. So some of the collection you'll see is quite a literal approach to that with almost like a souvenir scarf you might buy in Pisa near the leaning tower or the pyramids of Cairo. Right. Heat. Hey. Heat, hey. Hallelujah. But the main point really of the collection is color and the colors that you see when you travel to these different areas around the world. So vibrant pinks, green, blue, orange. Playfulness of pattern on pattern. Collage. And of course including some of our famous stripe. Heat, heat. I hope you enjoy the whole experience and thank you for coming. Bye. Heat, heat. Okay. Hey, hey, hey. Hey. Hey, hey.

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@misc{smith2025_1057540,
  author       = {Paul Smith},
  title        = {Paul Smith | Spring/Summer 2026 Milan Salon Show},
  howpublished = {Interview transcript, Paul Smith. CEOInterviews.AI},
  year         = {2025},
  month        = {jun},
  url          = {https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/1057540/},
  note         = {Speaker-attributed transcript with timestamps}
}